Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing. • Type of peer review: Double-blind • Conference submission management system: UMConference Management System • Number of submissions received: 67 • Number of submissions sent for review: 63 • Number of submissions accepted: 53 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 80% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 60 • Any additional info on review process: Oral presentation is required for the accepted paper to be included in content accepted for publication. After screening with Turnitin plagiarism software, papers score < 30% will be sent for double blind review process. The average number of papers per reviewer is 3. Reviewers are required to give feedback score based on the following acceptance criteria: a) Suitability of title to the contents b) Abstract sufficiently informative c) Clarity of research objectives d) Appropriateness of methodology (data, methodology procedures) e) Data analysis f) Discussion of results g) Theoretical soundness h) Contribution of study i) Presentation quality (language, sentence, structure, etc.) j) Bibliography adequate and relevant At least two reviewers will be appointed for each paper. In the event of conflicting opinions, additional reviewer(s) will be appointed. • Contact person for queries: 1) Dr. Siti Rohani Sheikh Raihan UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC) University of Malaya, Malaysia E-mail: srohani_sr@um.edu.my 2) Dr. Tan Chia Kwang UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC) University of Malaya, Malaysia E-mail: cktan@um.edu.my 3) Dr. Md. Hasanuzzaman UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC) University of Malaya, Malaysia E-mail: hasan@um.edu.my